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Last Monday and
Tuesday were gorgeous days here in Kitsap County. Though I had a
list(s) of things that “needed” to get done, I tossed it. I knew we
had 2 short days of wonderful, cherished warmth, and no to-do list
was going to keep us indoors. Rays of Vitamin D were calling my
name…

My older two children had school all day. That just left Lucy
(4) and me, to soak up the rays. After lunch on Monday we headed to
the Waterfront Park in
Poulsbo. Lucy climbed on the anchor, the rocks, she got an ice
cream cone all over herself, and
we caught up on some “girl” time. We even ran into my friend and
Lucy’s preschool classmate. He was very generous and shared his
slice of pizza with her. Lucy will never turn down food.

Of course, she immediately dropped all the cheese from the top
of her pizza, but… *sigh*…

On Monday night I made a call-out to a few friends over there on
the Facebook, “Tomorrow. You. Your Kids. Lion’s Park. Noon. Bring a
lunch.” Some of
us I brought smashed p b & j sandwiches, while one mom
brought these:

*Intact peanut butter and jelly
star sandwiches*

Aaaanyway. We spent a couple of hours
eating and swinging and talking and swinging. I must have given 134
underdogs (the move where the swing-pusher runs under the
swing-er while pushing said swing-er above the pushers head – makes
sense?) to FOUR VERY brave and terribly adorable preschool
girls. My arms are still sore, but I think they really like me
now!!!

At the end of our “outdoor
celebration”, we packed up our gear, threw away our trash and
discovered one of my friends took my car keys.
Accidentally? OK, it was an accident. And it was really all
my fault *hangs head*… Had I put my car keys
IN MY PURSE instead of tossing them ON THE
GRASS… the whole predicament could have been avoided.
*sigh*

Alas, it all worked out. My wonderful friend
Lisa came to the rescue. She picked up Lucy and Me, drove
us to my cars keys, I got her a coffee “thank you” (an iced
carmel macchiato thankyouverymuch), and made it back to my van
in time to drive home and meet up my older two kiddos at the bus.
PHEW!

Ya know… sometimes a day at the park,
is not always a walk in the park… but there is always an
adventure!

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